Chapter 222: The Hunt
The remaining pilots of the MiG-21 fleet finally understood that the Soviets had fooled them, and their tactics were not at all 100% able to avoid the radar lock on the opposite side, and the warning receiver was not of much use, except to remind them.
However, they have to fly, this is the order.
The MiG-21 fleet continued to fly forward, and they were only twenty kilometers away from the skies over Kashmir.
Facing the Indian fighter plane, which seemed to be not afraid of death, Chris did not hesitate, and the medium-range AIM-7F Sparrow missile flew out from under the wing.
The advanced AIM-7M Sparrow missiles are all equipped in the Peshawar Military Region and the Sagoda Air Base, and they are still equipped with ordinary Sparrow missiles.
When a MiG-21 was shot down by a Sparrow missile, both sides were within visual range.
Looking at those pen-shaped MiG-21 fighters, Chris took his wingman and quickly rushed into the MiG-21 fleet, and with a beautiful maneuver, he bit the tail of a MiG-21, and then, Chris pressed the button, and a Sidewinder missile detached from the pylon.
When the other MiG-21s wanted to come up and besiege them, Chris had already finished firing the missiles and soared into the sky, shaking off the swarm.
Drilling into the clouds, Chris listened to the voice of the AWACS aircraft on the radio: "Blackbird, pay attention, the second wave of aircraft is approaching.
The second wave is not terrible! Chris flew out of the clouds and spotted the opposing planes, shining dots of light.
Head on and launch missiles! Chris made up his mind and flew over, the missiles equipped with the MiG-21 were too backward. It can only chase after the tail, and under Chris's wing, the mounted AIM-9L has a head-on attack ability, which can take out the opponent's fighter in a head-on confrontation!
Chris and his wingman flew towards each other. The distance between the two sides is approaching rapidly.
"Attention, with the R-73, take out the Tomcat!" Colonel Yevgeny shouted that his fighter plane was flying at the front, and the OEPS29 optoelectronic system in front of the cabin had begun to aim at each other, working at the same time as the radar, and passed the number to the R-73 missiles mounted under the wings.
At a distance of ten kilometers. There was a flash of fire under the wing, and an R-73 missile, flying out of the pylon.
The performance of the R-73 missile, in addition to its excellent large off-axis launch capability, also has a complete advantage in range, with a power range of 20 kilometers, and at 10 kilometers, it is almost a sure victory.
The seeker was constantly aimed at the Tomcat fighter in front. The missile, which had accelerated to Mach 2.5, was moving rapidly.
"The other side has already launched a missile! Evade now! "Radar operations officer in the aft compartment. In the echo found on the radar screen, it was determined that the other side was launching a missile, but the radar warning receiver did not make a sound, and the other side did not use a medium-range radar to guide the missile!
Among the weapons of the USSR, short-range infrared-guided missiles. Can't seem to fly that far? Could it be the new weapons of the Soviets?
At this moment, Chris had already visually seen the plane opposite, with twin engines, double hanging tails, and belly intake. This is the MiG-29 of the Soviets!
India's secrecy has been done so well that until now the Pakistani Air Force has learned about the Indian Air Force on the opposite side, equipped with MiG-29 fighters! This is the most brilliant fighter of the USSR! According to the style of the Soviets, it will be a few years before it will be exported to foreign countries.
MiG-29! In order to confront the Soviet Union, Pakistani pilots have begun to familiarize themselves with this opponent's aircraft, which has excellent close-range combat capabilities, and they must avoid falling into close-range combat with the opponent, in particular, do not appear in the opponent's front hemisphere, the opponent's combat projectile has a perverted large off-axis launch ability!
Now, in the face of the opponent's already flying missile, Chris immediately pushed the operating stick to the right, kicked the rudder, and the fighter made a graceful arc and flew to the right, and at the same time, Chris turned on the afterburner of the engine.
Two TF30 engines burst out with maximum thrust, driving the fighters to fly sideways in front of the MiG-29 fleet.
The wings are all swept back, and the Tomcat fighter at this time is in a sprint flight.
Faced with the opponent's highly mobile combat projectile, Chris's choice was to drive the opponent to fly until it flew out of the power range of the opponent's missile.
The R-73's seeker, keenly aware of the target's climbing, turned right, and it turned in the same direction.
The solid engine in the tail section has already consumed all the fuel in a very short time, and at this time it is completely engaged in inertial flight.
With non-stop climbing, climbing, the speed of the missile, began to decrease.
"It's still closer." The radar operator in the back shouted to Chris in the front cabin.
At this time, their fighters had climbed to an altitude of 20,000 meters and sprinted to the maximum speed of Mach 2 at the same time.
That missile, still approaching!
"Ten, nine, eight, seven." The radar operator in the rear compartment kept counting down, and the missile was close at hand.
"Heat-pumping fireworks." Chris shouted.
The radar operator turned on the switch, and rows of thermal flares, shot out from the rear, formed beautiful meteors in the tail.
At the same time, Mhammad pushed the operating lever forward, and the fighter began to dive, and at this moment, he glanced at the altimeter, and it had long exceeded the limit height of the Tomcat, which was almost 20,000 meters!
The missile, not attracted by the heat of the flare, swooped down with Chris's fighter plane when it was discovered that it had begun to dive.
Damn it! Chris swooped down to a height of nearly 10,000 meters in a huge overload and continued to pull up again.
Eventually, the missile was gone, and after Chris continued to pull up, the energy of the missile was consumed, and the missile did not climb again.
The radar operator in the aft compartment gasped for breath, just after walking through the ghost door.
"Blackbird, return immediately." The command of the AWACS aircraft came from the headset.
"Roger." Chris shouted over the radio, "035, return immediately, 035, return immediately." ”
There was no response, and Chris was shocked.
Looking around, Chris found that at an altitude of 3,000 meters, a fighter plane was flying, flying very slowly, with thick smoke dragging its tail.
His own wingman was wounded! Chris immediately swooped down and caught up with his wingman.
Just now, the wingman did not dodge the R-73 missile and was hit by one side of the engine, but fortunately the two engines of the Tomcat were arranged far away and did not affect the other engine.
However, several MiG-21s had already appeared around, and when the damaged Tomcat was spotted, they surrounded it as if they had smelled a shark with a fishy smell.
The pilot tried his best to operate the plane, but unfortunately, he still did not dodge a single flying missile.
Seeing two umbrella flowers appear in the air, Chris was completely angry, he watched a missile fly out of the wing of a MiG-21, but unfortunately, he was only a few seconds away.
Damn Indians! Chris's other Sidewinder missile, which was quickly aimed at the MiG-21, flew out.
The 18 Tomcat fighters of the 22 squadron finally rushed to the skies over Kashmir, and in the face of the MiG-29 group of the Indians, they chose to launch the Immortal Bird missiles at a distance of 80 kilometers.
Twenty-two Immortal Bird missiles, flying high in the air, followed the guidance of the fire control radar, and advanced towards the target they were attacking.
The MiG-29 group scattered in all directions, each using its own ability to dodge the incoming immortal bird missiles.
Eight MiG-29s were shot down, and the rest of the fighters dodged the blows of the immortal birds.
Excellent planes, plus excellent pilots, it is not difficult to dodge the blows of the immortal birds, and those who were shot down were Indian pilots.
Rush on, fight! Yevgeny stuck to his tactics.
However, just after the opponent finished launching the Immortal Bird missile, he did not fight with the MiG-29, but chose to return.
Watching the other party disappear quickly on the radar screen, Yevgeny was complacent, the MiG-29 fleet had managed to scare away the Pakistani Air Force, and they simply did not dare to rush up to fight!
The radar of the MiG-29 has a scanning range of only eighty kilometers, and no matter how far it goes, it will not be visible.
The MiG-29 is flying over Kashmir, and finally, they have regained the right to fly here! Yevgeny proudly gave his thumbs up, relying on the new fighters of the great Soviet Union, his side could completely seize air supremacy!
At this moment, the radar warning receiver received a signal unique to the AWG-9 radar, and the other party had already begun to launch missiles again!
"Attention, the tomcat is back!" Yevgeny shouted, however, his words did not come out, there was only a rustling sound in the headphones, and the other party released radio interference!
At the same time, there was also the MiG-29 airborne radar, which was covered with snowflakes on the screen, and it was completely unknown where the other side was, let alone when the other side would launch the Immortal Bird missile, and it was impossible to react in time.
According to the command of the AWACS aircraft, the Tomcat fighters of the 18 Squadron immediately returned to their own airspace after launching the Immortal Bird missiles and achieving results, and when they broke away from the radar range of the MiG-29 fighters, they began to regroup and attack again.
When it flew to a distance of eighty kilometers, the second batch of twenty immortal bird missiles flew over.
The MiG-29 broke away again, this time, their luck was not as good as last time, ten MiG-29s were shot down by the Immortal Bird missile, and many pilots saw the flying Immortal Bird missile before they began to dodge. Due to the close distance, many of them have reached the inescapable zone of the undead birds, and they have completely relied on their experience to make dodging moves.
The Tomcat fleet was unscathed, relying on long-range Immortal Bird missiles, leisurely hunting them.
Is hand-to-hand combat powerful? Not a chance at all! (To be continued......)